Rapid River Magazine Arts & Culture

Artist Stephen St. Claire Transforms How We View Oil Paintings

Art Featured

August 3, 2016August 5, 2016 Dennis Ray

Lighting Up the River Arts District: Artist Stephen St. Claire Is Transforming How We Experience Oil Paintings Grounded with a sense of perspective attuned to the unique properties of reflective…

World Premiere of ‘Red Pill Diaries’ at NC Stage

Featured Live Theatre Performance This Weekend

August 3, 2016August 17, 2016 Dennis Ray

Comedy Insight Presents the World Premiere of Red Pill Diaries at NC Stage Written and Directed by local playwright Toni Sherwood as part of the Catalyst Production Series at NC…

Haywood County Arts Council Continue Concerts in August

Performance Sound Experience

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Dennis Ray

The Haywood County Arts Council and Friends of the Library Continue Concerts in August The Friends of the Library will continue a partnership with the Haywood County Arts Council to…

49th Annual Juried Members Show at Red House Studios & Gallery

Art Featured This Weekend

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Dennis Ray

Artists are getting their creations started and finished to enter them into the 49th Annual Juried Members Show this August. Curator Susan Lueck has issued a call for each…

Wood Day at the Folk Art Center, August 6

Events

August 3, 2016August 9, 2016 Dennis Ray

As one of the first mediums in craft, the skill and mastery of wood has evolved into a celebrated material that members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild will showcase…

Hiking the PCT – End of the Trail (But the Journey Continues)

Non-Fiction Short Stories

August 2, 2016 Dennis Ray

Written by John Swart – From October 2014 – I am VERY happy (possibly ecstatic) to report that I completed the Pacific Crest Trail. I reached the Canadian border (mile 2,660) last…

89th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival

Festivals

August 2, 2016August 17, 2016 Dennis Ray

89th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. The nation’s longest running folk festival. The 89th annual edition of this three-day event showcases the best of the region’s traditional and old-time musicians, ballad…

CoThinkk is accepting video grant applications

Community Featured

August 2, 2016July 28, 2016 Dennis Ray

CoThinkk employs Innovative Video driven grant application process for its’ 2016 Grants Awards CoThinkk is accepting video grant applications for projects addressing critical social issues facing African-American and Latinx communities…

SETH WALKER headlines ISIS September 8

Sound Experience

August 1, 2016July 18, 2016 Dennis Ray

SETH WALKER headlines ISIS in ASHEVILLE on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 in celebration of new album GOTTA GET BACK photo credit to Zach Smith “…an accomplished guitarist and an even better…

New Art and New artists Join Art on 7th in January

COVER STORY: Jo Ridge Kelley—Celebrating the Beauty of Light and Wilderness

The Resilient and Captivating Art of Nadine Charlsen

Molly Courcelle Studio + Gallery: A Studio Transformed

New Art and New artists Join Art on 7th in January

COVER STORY: Jo Ridge Kelley—Celebrating the Beauty of Light and Wilderness

COVER STORY: Jo Ridge Kelley—Celebrating the Beauty of Light and Wilderness

The Resilient and Captivating Art of Nadine Charlsen

Molly Courcelle Studio + Gallery: A Studio Transformed

Three Wonderful New Netflix Shows Rring in the New Year with Lively Applause

Artist Stephen St. Claire Transforms How We View Oil Paintings

World Premiere of ‘Red Pill Diaries’ at NC Stage

Haywood County Arts Council Continue Concerts in August

49th Annual Juried Members Show at Red House Studios & Gallery

Wood Day at the Folk Art Center, August 6

Hiking the PCT – End of the Trail (But the Journey Continues)

89th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival

CoThinkk is accepting video grant applications

SETH WALKER headlines ISIS September 8